Friday 11 November 2011

Jobs at Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC

Job Title: Information technology (IT) officer

No. of vacancies: 01

Duty Location: Gulu with frequent travel to the field officers

Reports to: Finance & Administration Manager



Duties & responsibilities


1.    Maintains and keeps inventory of IT assets. Issues IT facilities and keeps truck of movement of IT equipments.
2.    Maintains and keeps storage of IT equipments in an organized IT room
3.    Implements necessary measures to keep a high level of IT security in the office. And ensures that all precautions are taken concerning sensitive IT information.
4.    Provides and organizes training, coaching and technical assistance to users on IT matters, especially on the Ms Office and emails.
5.    Develops functional concepts for database and reporting systems.
6.    Maintains and analyses overview of the IT tasks and ensures that timely support is provided for general and specialized office equipments.
7.    Responsible for coordinating information back up for all computer users.
8.    Recommends software and hardware changes.
9.    Acts as a link with service providers and liaises closely with IT person(s) in other and be able to travel as and when required.

Required Qualifications and Experience

•    Candidates must have a university degree in information Technology, Computer Science, Higher diploma in Information system management or relevant filed from a recognized institution.
•    Possession of additional professional qualifications e.g. Cisco is an added advantage.
•    At least 3 years’ professional working experiences in programming, handling software and hardware installation and maintenance's work.
•    Good knowledge of computer/telephone cabling and repair.
•    Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
•    Results orientated and willing to work long hours.
•    Ability to show flexibility, initiative, work independently and meet deadlines.



Interested candidates who meet the above criteria are invited to send in their application letters including an updated, C Vs with photocopies of the most relevant certificates/testimonials, day-time telephone number and contact details of three work related referees to:


The Administration/Human Resources Manager,
 Norwegian Refugee Council-Uganda,
P.O. Box 780, Gulu
Or hand delivered to our offices in Gulu , or email to applications@nrc.or.ug
Please indicate in the left hand top corner the position you applying for.
Application should reach NRC latest by Friday, 18 November 2011 at 5:00pm.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.